Recognised as Colour
#09554B
- #09554B
- Cyan
- Dark
- Nearest: Dark slate grey
#09554B is a cyan with RGB values 9, 85, 75 and HSL 172°, 81%, 18%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slate grey.
Colour values
#09554B#09554B
HEX#09554B
RGBrgb(9, 85, 75)
RGB (0–1)0.0353, 0.3333, 0.2941
RGB percentages3.5%, 33.3%, 29.4%
HSLhsl(172.1, 80.9%, 18.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(172.1, 89.4%, 33.3%)
CMYK89.4%, 0%, 11.8%, 66.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer611,659
CSS custom property--colour: #09554B;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.07063WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness70 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.7:1
Contrast with white8.7:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.41:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#444444
Inverted#F6AAB4
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text8.7:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.41:1WCAG large text: Fail
Named colours
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#550913
Analogous#095525, #093955
Triadic#4B0955, #554B09
Split complementary#550939, #552509
Tetradic#250955, #550913, #395509
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R9
G85
B75
Red9 (3.5%)
Green85 (33.3%)
Blue75 (29.4%)
Hue172.11°
Saturation (HSL)80.85%
Lightness18.43%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 09 · G 55 · B 4B
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